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Thabo Mbeki

2018-02-022026-06-27
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Key points drawn from coverage. Tap a point to see the original sentence.

  1. June 2018

  2. The Namibian

    Thabo Mbeki captured in words the view of South Africa as "one white and wealthy, the other black and poor"

    Source

    “The country may no longer be the two distinct nations – "one white and wealthy, the other black and poor" – captured in the words of former president Thabo Mbeki.”

    Remembering The Election That Heralded Apartheid
  3. February 2018

  4. The Namibian

    President Thabo Mbeki was removed in 2008

    Source

    “Many in the ANC remember President Thabo Mbeki's removal in 2008 as a traumatic event: it prompted a split and began the ANC's slide at the polls.”

    The Removal Of Zuma Was A Masterstroke

  5. The Namibian

    former president Thabo Mbeki championed the 'African Renaissance'

    Source

    “This was boldly depicted in the 'African Renaissance' – the cultural, scientific and economic renewal of the continent championed by former president Thabo Mbeki.”

    ANC Power Struggle Shows South Africa Is Not Exceptional (After All)
World & Region

Constitutional Court overturns ANC's Phala Phala vote block

The News

South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that the National Assembly's December 2022 vote declining to refer an independent panel's report on President Cyril Ramaphosa to an impeachment committee was unconstitutional and invalid, and has now referred the report directly to the impeachment committee. An analyst says the ANC's use of majoritarian tactics to shield Ramaphosa has left the party in crisis ahead of 2026 local elections.

11 May 2026 · The Namibian →

Monday 11 May

  1. Constitutional Court overturns ANC's Phala Phala vote block

    South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that the National Assembly's December 2022 vote declining to refer an independent panel's report on President Cyril Ramaphosa to an impeachment committee was unconstitutional and invalid, and has now referred the report directly to the impeachment committee. An analyst says the ANC's use of majoritarian tactics to shield Ramaphosa has left the party in crisis ahead of 2026 local elections.

    11 May 2026 · The Namibian →

Sunday 26 April

  1. Swapo's authoritarian populism rooted in liberation struggle mentality

    An opinion piece argues that Swapo, like other former liberation movements in government, has failed to deliver on promises and uses patriotic narratives of its struggle history to justify remaining in state control, drawing parallels to critiques of post-colonial African governments by Frantz Fanon and Angolan author Pepetela.

    26 April 2026 · The Namibian →

Thursday 5 March

  1. Mosiuoa Lekota's legacy beyond apartheid struggle honored

    The Namibian's analysis of Mosiuoa Lekota, who died on Wednesday, argues that his role in forming the Congress of the People in 2008 was equally vital to his anti-apartheid activism. By breaking the ANC's political dominance, Cope's 1.3 million votes prevented Zuma's government from securing a two-thirds majority, shifted South African politics from racial to policy-based competition, and inspired the formation of other parties including the EFF and ActionSA, fundamentally changing the country's democratic trajectory.

    5 March 2026 · The Namibian →

  2. South African former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota dies at 77

    Mosiuoa Lekota, a prominent anti-apartheid campaigner who served as South Africa's defence minister and ANC chairperson before founding the rival Congress of the People party, has died after a period of illness. He was imprisoned on Robben Island during apartheid and broke from the ANC in 2008 over corruption concerns.

    5 March 2026 · The Namibian →

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